Radical hope : letters of love and dissent in dangerous times /

Radical hope : letters of love and dissent in dangerous times /

A collection of letters--to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged--written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists.

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Other Authors: De Robertis, Carolina (Editor), Díaz, Junot, 1968-, Garza, Alicia, 1981-, Robinson, Roxana, See, Lisa, Gomez, Jewelle, 1948-, Kunzru, Hari, 1969-, Adielé, Faith, Foroutan, Parnaz, Livingston, Chip, Kahf, Mohja, 1967-, Obejas, Achy, 1956-, Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-, Moraga, Cherríe, Schatz, Kate, Fishman, Boris, 1979-, Fowler, Karen Joy, Abinader, Elmaz, De León, Aya (Novelist), Smiley, Jane, Urrea, Luis Alberto, Eltahawy, Mona, 1967-, Chang, Jeff, Messud, Claire, 1966-, Russo, Meredith, Grande, Reyna, Kitamura, Katie M., Wright, iO Tillett, Goldman, Francisco, Ng, Celeste, Orner, Peter, García, Cristina, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Subjects:
Since 1980
Presidents > United States > Election > 2016.
Open letters.
Political participation > 21st century.
Political activists > Correspondence.
Dissenters > Attitudes.
American essays > 21st century.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
United States > Politics and government > 2017-
Essays.
Personal correspondence.
Records and correspondence.
Table of Contents:
  • A symphony of voices / Carolina De Robertis
  • Radical hope / Junot Díaz
  • Dear Mama Harriet / Alicia Garza
  • The lantern / Roxana Robinson
  • Dear Henry / Lisa See
  • Not a moment but a movement / Jewelle Gomez
  • A letter to my son / Hari Kunzru
  • Dreams from our fathers / Faith Adiele
  • America / Parnaz Foroutan
  • Dear Chebon / Chip Livingston
  • Human rights is the handhold, pass it on / Mohja Kahf
  • You / Achy Obejas
  • A time to demand the impossible / Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • A "holla" from the West Side / Cherríe Moraga
  • What I mean / Kate Schatz
  • Dear Mr. Roell / Boris Fishman
  • While you are standing / Karen Joy Fowler
  • To the woman standing in line at the store, / Elmaz Abinader
  • Dear millennials / Aya de León
  • Is there no hope? / Jane Smiley
  • Grace and karma under Orange Caesar / Luis Alberto Urrea
  • #fuckfascism #fuckthepatriarchy / Mona Eltahawy
  • The fear and the resistance / Jeff Chang
  • A letter to my daughter / Claire Messud
  • The most important act of resistance / Meredith Russo
  • To my goddaughter / Reyna Grande
  • Language is how you will make yourself / Katie Kitamura
  • You are my kind / iO Tillett Wright
  • Zenaida / Francisco Goldman
  • Stay open / Celeste Ng
  • Rambling thoughts for Roscoe / Peter Orner
  • Queridísima Palonita : a letter to my great-great-great-great-great granddaughter / Cristina García
  • Signs from the Women's March / Carolina De Robertis.

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